Hugo Chavez Is Helping Iran’s Weapons’ Program

Posted by Matt in September 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Iran, Venezuela, Acting, Collaboration, Hugo Chavez, Investigations, Iran, Missile Technology, Morgenthau, Public Information, Snippets, Third Party, Venezuela, weapons

Based on his office’s investigations, third-party collaboration and snippets of public information, Morgenthau concludes that Venezuela and Iran are “acting together in our backyard on the development of nuclear and missile technology.”
CNSNews.com – Hugo Chavez Is Helping Iran’s Weapons’ Program

Pakistan exchanged Nuclear technology for North Korean long range missiles: US

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Missiles, Nuclear, Pakistan, centrifuges, Communist Party, Congressional Report, Heu, Hwang Jang Yop, Jang, Lawmakers, Missile Technology, North-Korea, Nuclear Scientist, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Party Secretary, Range Missile, Range Missiles, Uranium Enrichment

North Korea received designs for uranium enrichment centrifuges from Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan in return for its long-range missiles, a Congressional report has told US lawmakers.
“Hwang Jang-yop, a Communist Party secretary who defected in 1997, has stated that North Korea and Pakistan agreed in the summer of 1996 to trade North Korean [...]

Iran to procure Chinese defense system

Posted by Matt in May 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Iran, Missiles, Air Defense, Chinese Defense, Class Destroyer, Cylindrical Container, Export Corporation, FD-2000, Fuel Rockets, Guidance System, Guidance Systems, Hongqi, HongQi-9, HQ-9, Indigenous Design, Inertial Guidance, Mach 4, Missile Technology, Patriot Missile, Patriot System, Precision Machinery, Rocket Technology, Russian Assistance, Russian Rocket, S 300, Technology Transfers, Terminal Guidance

Teheran will now turn to China for the HongQi-9/FD-2000 system which reportedly combines elements “borrowed” from the Russian S-300 and the American MIM-104 Patriot system, according to the Iranian news agency.
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The HQ-9 is China’s new generation medium- to long-range, active radar homing air defence missile.
Initially an indigenous design, the HQ-9 missile was said to [...]

Why China Helped Countries Like Pakistan, North Korea Build Nuclear Bombs

Posted by Matt in January 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, Proliferation, China, Conversion Facility, Countries, Egypt, Enrichment Facility, Iran, Karaj, Libya, Missile Technology, North-Korea, Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Technology, Pakistan Nuclear, Raw Materials, Syria, Yemen

Are Chinese proliferation programs ongoing?
Since 1991, China has been assisting the raw-materials side of the Iranian nuclear program with shipments of uranium, instructions on the design of a conversion facility in Eshfahan, and an enrichment facility at Karaj. China has been using North Korea as the re-transfer point for the sale of nuclear and missile [...]

New missile marks ’significant leap’ for Iran capabilities

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Array, Ashoura, Ballistic Missile Capabilities, Ballistic Missile Defence, Blueprints, China, Defence Organisation, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Iran, Iranian Missiles, Israel, Leap, Missile Technology, North Korean, Nuclear Warhead, Resemblance, Shahab, solid-fuel, Uzi

“This is a whole new missile,” Uzi Rubin, former director of Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation, told Jane’s . “Unlike other Iranian missiles, the Sajil bears no resemblance to any North Korean, Russian, Chinese or Pakistani [missile technology]. It demonstrates a significant leap in Iran’s missile capabilities.
“Regardless of the success of the test, this missile [...]

Does Iran have blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead?

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Koreas, Nuclear, 10 Years, Blueprints, China, Europe, Iran, Little Trouble, Logic, Missile Technology, Missiles, New York Times, North-Korea, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistan, solid-fuel, South-Korea, Time North, Uranium, Washington Post

“U.S. officials are downplaying reports in the New York Times and Washington Post that Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan may have given Iran–and other nations–blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead first developed for his country’s program.”
Oh really! The same network that provided Iran and North Korea with the technology to enrich uranium has plans for a miniturized [...]

Russia’s Dangerous Missile Game in Iran

Posted by Matt in May 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Russia, Allies, Balance Of Power, Europe And The Middle East, Iran, Islamic Regime, Medium Range Missiles, Military Cooperation, Military Forces, Missile Development Program, Missile Technology, NATO, Nato Members, Persian Gulf Region, Russia, Russian Aid, Saudi-Arabia, State Sponsor, Strategic Alliance, tehran, Youtube

This report was published on Nov. 13, 1997. It shows that Russia was helping Iran with its missile development program.
From the article:
By providing advanced missile technology to the radical Islamic regime in Tehran, Russia is threatening vital U.S. interests and violating an international arms control agreement. Its assistance to Iran, the world’s foremost state sponsor [...]